{"id":15867,"date":"2026-05-21T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/15867\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:24:08","slug":"gee-its-a-big-call-contentious-umpiring-decision-in-adelaide-crows-vs-hawthorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/15867\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gee it\u2019s a big call\u2019: Contentious umpiring decision in Adelaide Crows vs Hawthorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Adelaide Crows may feel they were dudded by a contentious umpiring decision in Thursday night\u2019s game against Hawthorn in Launceston. <\/p>\n<p>In the second quarter, Crows defender Josh Worrell was sprinting back to chase down a loose ball when he opted to fist the Sherrin through for a rushed behind. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/?extcamp=ncaeditoriallink-ptr-nca-lnk-awr-acq-var-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=editorial\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worrell punched the ball through from the edge of the 9-metre goalsquare, which is the cut-off mark for where players can rush a behind providing they are under pressure from an opposition player. <\/p>\n<p>Hawthorn forward Nick Watson was hot on his tail, but the field umpire ruled Worrell was too far out from goal to be rushing a behind, and awarded a shot on goal to Watson. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve found a free kick outside the 9m area,\u201d commentator Matt Hill said on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the moment in the video above<\/p>\n<p>David King said: \u201cI just wonder if you can review this. It looked inside the 9m.\u00a0You can\u2019t rush the ball through from outside the 9m no matter what pressure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you take it through, it\u2019s a free kick. It\u2019s all about where this ball is first touched. It clears the pack, off hands, oh it\u2019s line ball. Gee it\u2019s a big call. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUmpire in a great position so you can\u2019t be critical. He\u2019s in the perfect spot, side on, he makes the call. You know what, you can\u2019t overrule him. He couldn\u2019t be in a better spot, lateral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can hate it if you\u2019re a Crows supporter and love it if you\u2019re a Hawks supporter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Riewoldt\u00a0added: \u201cIt\u2019s a good decision. You have to back\u00a0him in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson had three attempts to kick the goal including one that saw him punt the ball on the roof of UTAS Stadium, before he eventually snapped through the goal. <\/p>\n<p>Adelaide dominated the first quarter but the Hawks mounted a comeback in the second term, kicking five goals to one to take a 13-point lead into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>In a major blow, Crows star Izak Rankine limped off with an apparent calf injury after a strong first half. <\/p>\n<p>Hawthorn went on to claim a 75 to 66 victory to move up to third on the ladder early on in Round 11, while the Crows remain mid-table.<\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/adelaide\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Adelaide\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adelaide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Adelaide Crows may feel they were dudded by a contentious umpiring decision in Thursday night\u2019s game against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,4555],"class_list":["post-15867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-ncaeditorialkayoprogram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}